Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker and actor. His career began in the late 1980s, when he wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday, the screenplay of which formed the basis for True Romance.

In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992; regarded as a classic and cult hit, it was called the "Greatest Independent Film of All Time" by Empire. Its popularity was boosted by his second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), a black comedy crime film that was a major success both among critics and audiences. Judged the greatest film from 1983–2008 by Entertainment Weekly, many critics and scholars have named it one of the most significant works of modern cinema.

Quentin frequently makes cameos in his own movies and in movies directed by friend and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, but one of his first real acting gigs came in 1988 when he played an Elvis impersonator on the popular television show The Golden Girls. Despite performing in the back row of the 10-man “Elvis ensemble,” Quentin still manages to stick out like a sore thumb. He still gets a royalties check every time the episode is shown.

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